Senior Care Helps You Maintain Control of Life
For some people, as they get older, they begin to struggle with physical abilities. It can make it seem as though they are losing control one little step at a time. When that happens, the future can look grim and downright frightening. You don’t need to stand around or sit idly by and wait for it all to happen; turn to senior care.
Senior Care Los Angeles CA – Senior Care Helps You Maintain Control of Life
Senior care covers a lot of different types of support, but the most common include at home care, assisted living, and nursing homes. The most preferred option when it comes to senior care is, hands down, care at home.
What does senior care offer that the others don’t?
It allows you to remain home, where most seniors are most comfortable. This type of care would have a provider coming into the senior’s home to assist him or her with any number of daily tasks and other supports.
What are some of the supports that this form of care offers?
For example, a senior care provider who comes to a client’s home may help them get out of bed in the morning. If you have arthritis, are slow to move, have weakness in your legs or other muscles in the body, that caregiver can be instrumental at helping you get up out of bed safely.
The senior care aide could also assist you in getting into and out of the shower safely. Sometimes family provides this level of support, but for an adult daughter to assist her father or an adult son to help his mother, that may not always be comfortable for either of them.
Some family members can handle these things without too much emotional strain, but whether or not it is comfortable, the more experience a person has doing this, the safer it is for both the caregiver and the senior. Remember, most family caregivers have never done this type of work before and, because of that, mistakes can happen.
Imagine helping your aging parent to get dressed, but you don’t balance yourself properly or you bend over at the waist rather than at the knees and get hurt.
In that type of situation, you might fall and, if so, what happens to the elderly person you are helping? He or she might fall down, too, potentially suffering serious injuries.
If you are an aging person and feel as though you are losing control of your life, senior care can help.
You don’t have to feel this way for much longer. The moment you turn to care providers and begin investigating your options, you open the door to a world of possibilities.
Even if you have family supporting you right now, an experienced caregiver who will come to your home can help you live on your terms. Family may discourage you from certain activities you still want to do, but as long as they can be done safely, experienced senior care will most likely help you in these endeavors.
If you or an aging loved-one are considering Senior Care Services in Los Angeles CA, please contact the caring staff at Assisting Hearts Home Care today. Proudly Serving the Los Angeles & Ventura County. Call us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! (805) 371-0033, (818) 593-0094.
Our team is comprised of highly experienced and dedicated professionals who are focused on providing exceptional in-home care services to our clients and their families.We are proud to have served thousands of individuals and families since our inception.
Assisting Hearts Home Care was established in 2008 by two professionals a husband and wife team who started the company after personally experiencing the challenges of caring for their aging parents and grandparents. They experienced first-hand at how difficult it was to find care that worked around your schedule and not the schedule of the agency with caring and dedicated caregivers. Since January 2008 Assisting Hearts Home Care has been owned and operated by Robert Ruetschle.Prior to opening Assisting Hearts Home Care, Robert was in upper management of a national pharmaceutical manufacturing company and he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry. Robert is passionate about supporting our older adult community and helping individuals age with dignity and grace in their own homes.
It is our mission to give peace of mind to our clients and their families by providing exceptional care.Our caregivers are also supported by an office staff of Senior Advisors and advanced CNA’s.Our team looks forward to getting to know each client and family personally.
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